Journal profile · Veterinary Sciences
Equine Veterinary Education
ISSN 0957-7734 · eISSN 2042-3292 · Wiley-Blackwell · ENGLAND · Monthly · Founded 1989
Equine Veterinary Education: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.01; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,760; median 123 days to acceptance (89 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 208 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Equine Veterinary Education is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Veterinary Equine Medical Research, Reproductive Physiology in Livestock and Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology, together about 46.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Small Animals. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
This journal appears monthly and provides practical educational articles on diagnosis and treatment for equine veterinary clinicians. Articles are also of interest to veterinary students and others with an involvement in the equine veterinary world. This information is provided in Case Reports accompanied by Clinical Commentaries, which expand on the subject discussed in the report, as well as Original Articles. EVE also provides Review Articles written by acknowledged experts in particular fields to give a comprehensive and up-to-date review of a clinically-relevant subject. All articles (apart from Clinical Commentaries) are peer reviewed. Abstracting and Indexing Information Abstracts on Hygiene & Communicable Diseases (CABI) Academic OneFile (GALE Cengage) Academic Search Alumni Edition (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Complete (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Elite (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Publishing) AgBiotech News & Information (CABI) AgBiotechNet (CABI) AGRICOLA Database (National Agricultural Library) Agricultural & Environmental Science Database (ProQuest) Agricultural Engineering Abstracts (CABI) Animal Breeding Abstracts (CABI) CAB Abstracts® (CABI) Dairy Science Abstracts (CABI) Global Health (CABI) Grasslands & Forage Abstracts (CABI) Health Reference Center Academic (GALE Cengage) Helminthological Abstracts (CABI) Horticultural Science Abstracts (CABI) Leisure Tourism Database (CABI) Leisure, Recreation & Tourism Abstracts (CABI) Natural Science Collection (ProQuest) Nutrition Abstracts & Reviews Series B: Livestock Feeds & Feeding (CABI) Pig News & Information (CABI) Poultry Abstracts (CABI) Protozoological Abstracts (CABI) Review of Agricultural Entomology (CABI) Review of Medical & Veterinary Entomology (CABI) Review of Medical & Veterinary Mycology (CABI) Review of Plant Pathology (CABI) Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics) SciTech Premium Collection (ProQuest) SCOPUS (Elsevier) Soils & Fertilizers Abstracts (CABI) TROPAG & RURAL (CABI) Tropical Diseases Bulletin (CABI) Veterinary Bulletin (CABI) Veterinary Science Database (CABI) Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) Weed Abstracts (CABI) Wheat, Barley & Triticale Abstracts (CABI) World Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology Abstracts (CABI)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Veterinary Sciences
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 13%); most named United Kingdom 4, United States 3, Mainland China 1 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Veterinary Equine Medical ResearchVeterinary35%
- Reproductive Physiology in LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.2%
- Veterinary Orthopedics and NeurologyVeterinary5.4%
- Veterinary Pharmacology and AnesthesiaVeterinary5%
- Animal health and immunologyVeterinary4.9%
- Veterinary Oncology ResearchMedicine4.3%
- Tendon Structure and TreatmentMedicine4%
- Helminth infection and controlVeterinary3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, AGRICOLA
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.01LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 53OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,188OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.74OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 18.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 44.66%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 124LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 182Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 590,165Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,447 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 173 | 90 | 35 |
| 2025 | 208 | 134 | 146 |
| 2024 | 287 | 217 | 311 |
| 2023 | 189 | 125 | 435 |
| 2022 | 156 | 52 | 377 |
| 2021 | 296 | 80 | 755 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
123 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 68 days – 209 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 28 days (89 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 150 days
- Sample
- 89 articles with submission and acceptance dates (396 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 18–36 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 68%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 68%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 39 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 39 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 110 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 28 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,760 / EUR 3,140 / GBP 2,470 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Colour charges
- No colour charges
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare10 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 5,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
- Templates
- Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted17, with length limits
- case imagesCurrently, Equine Veterinary Education publishes the following types of articles: Editorials, Case Reports, Clinical Commentaries, Review Articles, Original Art…Length not stated
- case reportCurrently, Equine Veterinary Education publishes the following types of articles: Editorials, Case Reports, Clinical Commentaries, Review Articles, Original Art…Length not stated
- case reportsCurrently, Equine Veterinary Education publishes the following types of articles: Editorials, Case Reports, Clinical Commentaries, Review Articles, Original Art…Length not stated
- clinical commentariesCurrently, Equine Veterinary Education publishes the following types of articles: Editorials, Case Reports, Clinical Commentaries, Review Articles, Original Art…Length not stated
- commentaryCurrently, Equine Veterinary Education publishes the following types of articles: Editorials, Case Reports, Clinical Commentaries, Review Articles, Original Art…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- correspondenceCurrently, Equine Veterinary Education publishes the following types of articles: Editorials, Case Reports, Clinical Commentaries, Review Articles, Original Art…Length not stated
- critically appraised topicsCurrently, Equine Veterinary Education publishes the following types of articles: Editorials, Case Reports, Clinical Commentaries, Review Articles, Original Art…Length not stated
- editorialCurrently, Equine Veterinary Education publishes the following types of articles: Editorials, Case Reports, Clinical Commentaries, Review Articles, Original Art…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- editorialsCurrently, Equine Veterinary Education publishes the following types of articles: Editorials, Case Reports, Clinical Commentaries, Review Articles, Original Art…Length not stated
- full paperCurrently, Equine Veterinary Education publishes the following types of articles: Editorials, Case Reports, Clinical Commentaries, Review Articles, Original Art…Length not stated
- opinionCurrently, Equine Veterinary Education publishes the following types of articles: Editorials, Case Reports, Clinical Commentaries, Review Articles, Original Art…Length not stated
- original articleCurrently, Equine Veterinary Education publishes the following types of articles: Editorials, Case Reports, Clinical Commentaries, Review Articles, Original Art…Length not stated
- original articlesCurrently, Equine Veterinary Education publishes the following types of articles: Editorials, Case Reports, Clinical Commentaries, Review Articles, Original Art…Length not stated
- perspectiveCurrently, Equine Veterinary Education publishes the following types of articles: Editorials, Case Reports, Clinical Commentaries, Review Articles, Original Art…Length not stated
- perspective articlesCurrently, Equine Veterinary Education publishes the following types of articles: Editorials, Case Reports, Clinical Commentaries, Review Articles, Original Art…Length not stated
- review articleCurrently, Equine Veterinary Education publishes the following types of articles: Editorials, Case Reports, Clinical Commentaries, Review Articles, Original Art…Length not stated
- review articlesCurrently, Equine Veterinary Education publishes the following types of articles: Editorials, Case Reports, Clinical Commentaries, Review Articles, Original Art…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, Peer review, Plagiarism, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use 5.16 Disclosing the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
If you or your co-authors have used Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs) to develop any portion of a manuscript, their use must be described transparently and in detail in the Methods section. Find more details on Wiley's AI guidelines for researchers and Wiley's AI policy in full in the Best Practices Guidelines on…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship 5.3 Authorship
Revised manuscripts due within 12 weeks of revision decision. Model summary
Authors submitting a paper do so on the understanding that the manuscript has been read and approved by all authors and that all authors agree to the submission of the manuscript to the Journal. ALL named authors must have made an active contribution to the conception and design and/or analysis and interpretation of the data and/or the drafting of the paper and ALL must have critically reviewed it…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest 5.5 Conflict of Interest
The journal requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. Potent…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 5.8 Publication Ethics
Member of COPE. Model summary
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) . Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Read the Top 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here. Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found at authorservices.wiley.com/ethics-guidelines/index.html .
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Single-blinded peer review; reviewers not disclosed to authors. Model summary
Equine Veterinary Education uses single-blinded review.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Uses iThenticate CrossCheck for plagiarism screening. Model summary
Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines 5.12 Clinical Trial Registration
The journal requires that clinical trials are prospectively registered in a publicly accessible database and clinical trial registration numbers should be included in all papers that report their results. Authors are asked to include the name of the trial register and the clinical trial registration number at the end of the abstract. If the trial is not registered, or was registered retrospectivel…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1989
- ISSN
- 0957-7734
- Electronic ISSN
- 2042-3292
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 38, Issue 10 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Equine Veterinary Education
What CAS zone is Equine Veterinary Education in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Equine Veterinary Education is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Veterinary Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Equine Veterinary Education?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.01; CiteScore 2.3, h-index 53.
How long does peer review take at Equine Veterinary Education?
Based on the dates recorded on 89 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 123 days (interquartile range 68–209 days); authors report an average review time of 18–36 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 68% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Equine Veterinary Education?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 5,000 words; Reference style: Harvard; Templates: Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Equine Veterinary Education based?
Of the 8 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 13%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (4), United States (3) and Mainland China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Equine Veterinary Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Equine Veterinary Education is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Equine Veterinary Education open access, and what is the APC?
Equine Veterinary Education is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,760.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .